Drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum parasite poses a great problem for the malaria control programme of any country. The most commonly used antimalarial drugs, viz. chloroquine (CQ) and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) have been rendered ineffective and
are replaced by the artesunate-based combination therapy (ACT).
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/molecular-surveillance-drug-resistant-malaria-india
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/y-d-sharm
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malaria
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drugs
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/medical-research
